You might not be familiar with the term buckle when it comes to baking. So what is a spiced pear buckle, or a buckle in general? Don’t let this deter you, this is an easy recipe. This spiced pear buckle is kind of somewhere in the realm of a coffee cake, or crumb cake or…
Cinnamon and apples probably conjure up images in your mind of apple pie, picking apples in an orchard, fall temps, plaid blankets. Basically, they scream fall. So an apple cinnamon bread was a must. I went through quite a few iterations of this bread trying to get it just right. A lot of recipes have…
Milk bread is one of my favorite types of bread. It’s uber soft and very lightly sweet, but not sweet enough to be considered a sweet or dessert bread. I happily make these milk bread buns to go with dinner. Milk bread sometimes is called Hokkaido or Shokupan, as it was developed in Japan. In…
Give pretty much anything with pesto or caprese and I’m in. What’s not to love? I love pesto, I love tomatoes, I love fresh mozz, I love balsamic. Now, if I could go directly to Italy and get some Mozzarella di Bufalo omg this would be even better. If you haven’t ever had it (and…
Brown butter chocolate chip cookies. Honestly, just chocolate chip cookies.. it’s hard to go wrong. Everyone thinks their chocolate chip cookie recipe is the best one. Honestly, a lot of them aren’t that different other than do they contain nuts or not. Which that is a very controversial topic so I didn’t even think about…
This honey white sandwich bread is the best thing since sliced bread. It’s the OG! Sandwich bread is not exciting. It’s the most basic of breads. I don’t see a loaf and think mmm let me eat a slice of that. But, is it important? Yes. It’s a classic. It’s carrying the load of school…
S’mores. I’d say a summer staple but really to me just a campfire/bonfire basic. This s’mores ice box cake is what I’d call a summer staple. It takes s’mores flavors and turns them into a cold summer treat. It doesn’t require an oven, or really even a mixer but that will speed up the making…
If you like piña coladas… just kidding, I don’t like that song. When you imagine a piña colada, you imagine summer and probably poolside. A big frosty glass probably with a cherry or pineapple garnish (maybe both!). Really, just living your best life. At least that’s what my brain goes to. So I wanted to…
Believe it or not, I’ve actually never baked anything with cherries before. Probably because I love them and will eat them all right after buying them. Rainier cherries are my absolute favorite and getting a paper bag full while walking through the produce and flower section at Pike Place is the best way to do…
If you’ve never had a braided bread, you’re probably in the majority. There are quite a few recipes for breads filled with lemon curd out on the internet and it’s probably the most popular. One of my favorite appetizers is a crostini with goat cheese, prosciutto, honey, arugula and grapes. It was kind of the…
Let’s be bread baking babes Bread is relatively simple. Flour, salt, water and yeast are the four main ingredients that make the dough. Some doughs will use things like sugar or eggs or olive oil, but a LOT of breads are made with these four simple and fairly inexpensive ingredients. You can make pretty fancy…
This white-wheat dutch oven bread requires no kneading yet creates a crusty artisan loaf of bread to share and enjoy. No knead bread is the best! Any bread you don’t have to knead is great in my opinion because it’s so easy. It’s like those old commercials (maybe they were infomercials), set it and forget…
I love making most things from scratch. I like baking and it gives me a lot of satisfaction to look at a loaf of bread or a fancy cake and know I started with just ingredients and made something delicious and beautiful. But, sometimes I’m all about shortcuts. Lasagna? You will not catch me making…
This balsamic roasted strawberry galette is the perfect summer dessert. Fresh sweet strawberries and flaky buttery crust with added depth of flavor is hard to beat. To me, a galette is superior to a pie. Mainly because pie crust can be fussy, my edge designs never stay pretty when I par or blind bake, etc….
These chocolate malt milk buns are like heaven. Have you had Japanese milk bread? If you haven’t.. you need to. Simply wonderful. It’s SO SOFT and pillowy and basically melts in your mouth. Like a bread version of cotton candy. Not exactly but just as delicious. I love milk bread when it’s unflavored, it’s ever…